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Online professional journals

Online journals offer a readily accessible and searchable source of professional information. Some are freely available but others operate on a subscription basis. Examples are:



CILIP members enjoy free online access to the Journal of Information Science and Journal of Librarianship and Information Science from the CILIP website.

Look at the latest issue of CILIP Update at http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine

Familiarise yourself with the layout and content. Is there anything in this issue which is of interest to you in your current job role?



You should get into the habit of regularly checking on-line journals to gather information and ideas which are relevant to your own continuing professional development.

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